Military parade to mark Georgia’s Independence Day on May 26 will be held in Georgia’s second-largest city of Kutaisi, instead of capital Tbilisi, Georgian President’s spokesperson, Manana Manjgaladze, said on Tuesday.

Another major event in Kutaisi as part of Independence Day celebration will be holding of a parliamentary session in partly constructed new building of the Parliament. The chamber for sessions, as well as the façade of the building is expected to be completed before May 26 with construction of the remaining parts, as well as of a surrounding park is planned to be completed by October.

Instead of military parade, Rustaveli Avenue, the central thoroughfare in the capital city, will host this year’s Independence Day celebration by, as officials put it, “Georgian industrial parade”, during which Georgian-made products will be exhibited, among them armored vehicles manufactured in Georgia.